Are Geothermal Systems Easy to Install?

There’s an old saying I’m sure you’ve heard, “If you want something done right, then do it yourself.” This can be true in some cases, but it is certainly not the case when it comes to geothermal heat pump installation. While the engineering principles that give geothermal heat pumps their excellent energy efficiency are simple enough, installing one is not something you should take up as a weekend project unless, of course, you have to be a trained technician who installs geothermal heat pumps for a living. In that case, feel free to continue doing what you are doing, but if not, then, well, read on.

A geothermal heat pump is a complicated piece of modern engineering and most systems installed in the United States require some kind of digging done to get them operational. In most cases, trenches or shafts are going to have be dug, pipes are going to have to be sunk, the actual system is going to have to be installed and connected to power, and all of that is going to have to be synced together. If you do not know what you are doing, it is easy to make mistakes which will reduce the system’s potential energy efficiency or cause catastrophic damage.

Now, all that being said, at the their core, geothermal heat pumps are relatively easy to install. Trained service technicians that know what they are doing will not have a difficult time putting one into even an older home. After all, this is not rocket science, and chances are your local dealer’s technicians will be able to put in a geothermal heat pump with no hitches whatsoever. Of course, they are trained professionals and that is their job.

So, in short, don’t try to do it yourself, but don’t worry overly much when people who know what they are doing do it. Just lay back, relax, and enjoy the savings when they’re done.